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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
Unless you have sources, I don't think there's much evidence either that he fought big money or was driven out of office by them. He lost primarily because the economy was bad in the second half of his term, with inflation and oil
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
Oh man, this one hurts to read a little bit. It's crazy how people cooperating poorly can eat up that much working effort.
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
Hmm, yeah I actually agree with that way of putting it. The evidence that does exist are the anecdotes, and he seems to ignore that evidence. Many of his readers, myself included, seem to prefer fixed line lengths. So it is a weird choice.
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
Huh? Are you assuming that the parent comment is about someone programming a medical device?
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
I really don't think that's what he's saying. You are assuming a great deal of malice, rather than positive intent. What he's saying is that there isn't hard evidence that shorter lines are more readable, so he made
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
I get what you're saying, but this is exactly how deviances are normalized. When you've been with the company for a long time and are familiar with the history, it's easy to rationalize why things are the way they are and tha
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
There's a whole section about how to balance a fresh perspective, in "solutions". The best way is for an effective VP to hear the WTFs of new hires, apply engineering judgement, and make changes based on that signal. If manag
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
Want to underline that it's important to learn proper technique if you decide to start rowing. The sequencing of legs, back, arms is not intuitive, and most people who use indoor rowers at the gym have poor technique and set the resist
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
Related Slate Star Codex posts: SSRIS: Much more than you wanted to know: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/07/ssris-much-more-than-y... Chemical Imbalance: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015&#x
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
Source on Serotonin not being linked to depression? Serotonin is linked to depression. The illness isn't caused by low serotonin levels, but there are lots of brain chemistry things going on in people with depression, some of which inv
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
This is a point that is often missed in the conversation about depression. In the middle of a major depression, literally nothing you can say to the person will cheer them up. The best you can do is be near them, express love, and try to he
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
This was definitely my experience. It takes so long and so much effort to get out of a deep depression that it strains everyone around you. If anyone's gone through or is going through something similar, I highly recommend "The No
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by whats_a_quasar 4y ago
If people are interested in pre-history and archaeology, the podcast Tides of History is doing a great series on the emergence of humans and states: https://art19.com/shows/tides-of-history
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by whats_a_quasar 5y ago
For carbon capture, I don't think its the case that equivalent technology exists today. On our current trajectory the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is going to keep going up for the next 10-20 years, regardless of how fast ren
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by whats_a_quasar 5y ago
Awesome technology and congrats on the launch :)
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by whats_a_quasar 5y ago
It's a small town in a remote area, I expect the answer is simply that things break and take time to be fixed. And I bet nighttime landings are uncommon
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by whats_a_quasar 5y ago
If you have already have a track dedicated to the ground-effect airplane, seems to me that it'd always be more cost effective to build a railroad on that track and move more people. The track is the hard part. Ground-effect vehicles mi
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